2022's Best and Worst Pro-Wrestling Matches of the Year (plus Recommended)

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Kirios posted:

WMOTYC - Brock Lesnar vs. Big E vs. Seth Rollins vs. Kevin Owens vs. Bobby Lashley - WWE Day 1 - 1/1/22

Dumb idiotic booking decisions and a boring Lesnar circle jerk match all designed to make Big E look at lame as possible. WWE reminding us all that they're the absolute worst on Day 1!

nth, the whole show sucked

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Jerusalem posted:

What was the date on this? I'm assuming from "Day 1" that it was 1/1

Please include the dates on shows!

yes 1/1/22

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Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: Hangman Adam Page (C) vs. Bryan Danielson for the AEW World Title - AEW Dynamite 1/5

Kevino07 posted:

HM: MJF vs. Shawn Dean, AEW Dynamite 1/5

Kevino07 posted:

HM: Jurassic Express vs. The Lucha Brothers for the AEW World Tag Team Championship, AEW: Dynamite 1/5/22

nth

# ¿ Jan 6, 2022 04:39

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YourHumbleMessiah posted:

HM: Carmelo Hayes vs Roderick Strong Title Unification Match - NXT New Years EVil 01/04

Real close to an MOTYC for me, excellent stuff

this was very good nth

Kevino07 posted:

HM: Imperium vs. Riddle & MSK - NXT New Year's Evil, 01/04

Well worth checking out for obvious reasons

this was also very good nth

Kevino07 posted:

HM: Bron Breakker vs Tommaso Ciampa (c) for the NXT Championship, NXT New Year's Evil, 01/04

this was the weakest of these hms but its ciampas last stand so nth

nyevil was actually pretty ok and definitely the best 2.0 show by a long bit

# ¿ Jan 7, 2022 06:12

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Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage, 1/7

HM: Adam Cole vs. Jake Atlas
HM: Britt Baker & Jamie Hayter vs. Riho & Ruby Soho
HM: Eddie Kingston, Santana & Ortiz vs. 2.0 & Daniel Garcia

yes indeed

jake looked great

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sportsgenius86 posted:

MOTYC: Dustin Rhodes vs. Sammy Guevara, AEW Battle for the Belts, 1/8

This match slapped

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Dr. Britt Baker DMD (C) vs. Riho for the AEW Women's Title - AEW Battle of the Belts 1/8

It was kind of iffy in the middle but the final stretch was exceptionally good, both Riho and Britt looked great in this match.

nth

sammy/dustin loving rocked

# ¿ Jan 9, 2022 03:10

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HM: JD Drake vs. Orange Cassidy, AEW Dark, 01/11/22

HM: Daniel Garcia vs. Fuego Del Sol, AEW Dark, 01/11/22

HM: Jurassic Express vs. QT Marshall & Nick Comorato, AEW Dark, 01/11/22

HM: Dark Order's 5 & 10 and Hangman Page vs. Matt Hardy, Isiah Kassidy, and Serpentico, AEW Dark, 01/11/22

# ¿ Jan 12, 2022 06:52

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HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Daniel Garcia, AEW Dynamite, interim TNT Championship match, 01/12/22

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HM: Indi Hartwell, Persia Pirotta, and Wendy Choo vs. Kacy Catanzaro, Amari Miller, and Kayden Carter - NXT 2.0, 1/11/22

you know what, i didnt hate it

# ¿ Jan 14, 2022 05:42

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Adam Cole vs. Trent? - AEW Rampage 1/14

These two went nuts it was crazy, what a great match!

trents crunchy rules

Cerebral Bore posted:

HM: Kris Statlander, Leyla Hirsch & Red Velvet vs Nyla Rose, Penelope Ford & The Bunny AEW Rampage 14.01

Women's division is workrate division.

penelope had herself a match

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Jurassic Express (C) vs. Dark Order (Silver/Reynolds) for the AEW Tag Titles - AEW Rampage 1/14

God this was a blast. Silver and Reynolds have the best double-teams, Luchasaurus is a great hot tag, and Jungle Boy rules.

this rocked and silver and reynolds looked real fuckin strong

# ¿ Jan 15, 2022 05:07

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Dango Bango posted:

HM: Orange Cassidy & Kris Statlander vs. Adam Cole & Britt Baker, AEW Dynamite 1/19

nth

# ¿ Jan 20, 2022 04:02

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. All Ego Ethan Page - AEW Rampage 1/21

Mox is back, baby! Not the match I was expecting but one I really enjoyed, particularly the finish.

Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Nick Jackson vs. Trent Beretta, great match

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Jade Cargill (C) vs. Anna Jay for the TBS Championship - AEW Rampage 1/21

Absolutely Jade's best match to date, incredibly good stuff, very exciting, plus cool stuff going on outside with Silver and Sterling as well.

nth nth nth

# ¿ Jan 22, 2022 05:07

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Penta El Zero M vs. Wheeler Yuta - AEW Dark 1/25

This could have easily been a nothing match, but instead both guys went hard and it absolutely ruled.

nth this was loving excellent

# ¿ Jan 26, 2022 05:16

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Testekill posted:

MOTYC: Cody Rhodes vs Sammy Guevara, AEW Dynamite: Beach Break, 1/26

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Adam Cole in a Lights Out Match - AEW Dynamite Beach Break 1/26

Really, really fun match though the structure got a little weird at points. Loved the ending though.

nth, two loving excellent matches but that first one, jesus christ

# ¿ Jan 27, 2022 04:16

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Jon Moxley vs. Anthony Bowens - AEW Rampage 1/28

Another example of Bowens' incredible growth, and of course Mox being loving incredible as always.

nth

# ¿ Jan 29, 2022 05:03

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Macksy posted:

WMOTY Seth Rollins vs Roman Reigns royal rumble 2022 - Roman is a bad actor and wrestler and his matches where he dunks on his geek opponent because he's just so strong is so loving boring and drags on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on

plus the ending lol, nth

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 03:09

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Benne posted:

WMOTYC: Women's Royal Rumble, 1/30

Strong contender for the worst Rumble match of all time

i super liked how out of the 6 women left 4 were retired/part timers

nikki v molly was funny for the six seconds it lastest

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 03:44

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flatluigi posted:

WMOTYC: Becky vs Doudrop, Royal Rumble

boring as poo poo, ending was a nothingburger, and even the wrestlemania sign literally catching on fire mid match couldn't make it interesting

3 for 3 lol

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 04:06

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edogawa rando posted:

I see the Royal Rumble as a show is quite the hit so far.

45,000 people to watch a dog take a poo poo on newspaper lol

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 04:18

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can we nominate matches before they're over?

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flatluigi posted:

WMOTYC: Bobby Lashley vs Brock Lesnar

a bunch of suplexes and then a terrible finish

lol

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 04:30

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Testekill posted:

WMOTYC: Edge & Beth vs Miz & Maryse, WWE Royal Rumble 1/29

Somehow the best match on the show, still poo poo. Another plodding Edge match that goes far longer than it should.

:screaming: THE GRIT COUPLE

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 05:01

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SalTheBard posted:

WMOTYC - Mens Royal Rumble - Royal Rumble 2022 - 1/29/22

dog

poo poo

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 06:02

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Jerusalem posted:

04/07 | Shane McMahon vs. The Miz in a Falls Count Anywhere match - Wrestlemania 35

oh this wasnt thaaaat bad

# ¿ Jan 30, 2022 09:27

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DarkstarIV posted:

WMOTYC: Bianca BelAir vs Carmella, WWE RAW 1/31/22

Pretty sure the polar ice caps had more heat than this match. It wasn't BAD from a wrestling perspective, but 95% of the match were heat spots, along with Carmella's constant screeching and commentary bickering. There are graveyards with more life than the audience had with this match. It was a 5:30 match apparently, but it felt more like a 10+ minute match with all of the constant heat spots.

oh, i had it on in the background and all the shrieking made me mute it. takes a lot to get me to do that. nth

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HM: Marina Shafir v. Reka Tehaka - AEW Dark - 02/01/2022
HM: Dante Martin and Matt Sydal v. Bear Country - AEW Dark - 02/01/2022
HM: Joey Janela v. Lee Moriarty - AEW Dark - 02/01/2022

i want more of the shafir/tehaka match style, shits real good, the other two were good fun

# ¿ Feb 2, 2022 07:20

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: PAC & Penta El Zero M vs. The Kings of the Black Throne - AEW Dynamite 2/2

Two loving metal tag teams having a hell of a great match. Wonderful stuff, so exciting!

Jerusalem posted:

MOTYC: CM Punk vs. MJF - AEW Dynamite 2/2

Holy poo poo this was NOT the match I expected these two to have and I'm so glad they did. Incredible stuff.

nth

# ¿ Feb 3, 2022 04:15

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Pylons posted:

AEW Rampage 2/4

HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Isiah Kassidy
HM: Mercedes Martinez vs. Thunder Rosa
HM: Jay Lethal vs. Ricky Starks

yes indeed

Jerusalem posted:

Really fun match with a spectacular ending. Commentary was on fire all the way through too.

it's mink

# ¿ Feb 5, 2022 05:08

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HM: Gunn Club & The Acclaimed vs. Lee Johnson, Brock Anderson, Matt Sydal, and Lee Moriarty - AEW Dark Elevation - 02/07/2022

the intros, commentary, match, reffing, everything made this HM worthy, good stuff

HM: Chaos Project vs. Best Friends - AEW Dark Elevation - 02/07/2022

because i'm a chaos project mark, 'slam me' lol

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HM: Lee Moriarty vs. Anthony Henry - AEW Dark - 02/08/2022

this was very good and lee even got a post match interview and a featurette

# ¿ Feb 9, 2022 05:28

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Pylons posted:

AEW Dynamite 2/9

MOTYC: ??? vs. Isiah Kassidy
MOTYC: ??? & CM Punk vs. FTR
HM: Jade Cargill vs. A.Q.A
MOTYC: "Hangman" Adam Page vs. Lance Archer

yeah. im wiped

# ¿ Feb 10, 2022 04:29

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MassRafTer posted:

MOTYC:

Young Bucks vs RPG Vice

Purely for the no sell of the Doomsday Device. A thing of beauty.

HM:

Jurassic Express vs Gunn Clubb

It's disgusting that people disrespect the Gunns with their derogatory names.

Both from Rampage on 2/11~!

indeed

# ¿ Feb 12, 2022 05:09

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HM: Dark Order vs. The Acclaimed and 2.0 w/ Daniel Garcia - AEW Dark Elevation - 02-14-22

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HM: Dark Order's 5 and 10 vs. Chaos Project - AEW Dark - 02-15-22

a very fun comedy match

HM: MT Nakazawa vs. Joey Sweets - AEW Dark - 02-15-22

hilarious match for the opposite reasons: a total clusterfuck, botches, corpsing, commentary unable to recover, a total shitshow. i was howling

# ¿ Feb 16, 2022 05:52

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Jerusalem posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Lee Moriarty - AEW Dynamite 2/16

Right right right right right on the cusp of a MOTYC. Moriarty REALLY stepped up and Danielson was incredible.

this was super on the cusp gah and i didnt want it to end

Jerusalem posted:

HM: Thunder Rosa vs. Mercedes Martinez in a No Disqualification Match - AEW Dynamite 2/16

Dango Bango posted:

HM: Sammy Guevara vs. Darby Allin - AEW Dynamite 2/16

Also

p good dynamite folks

# ¿ Feb 17, 2022 04:09

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Kevino07 posted:

AEW Rampage 2/18

HM: 10 vs. Adam Cole
HM: Powerhouse Hobbs vs. Dante Martin
HM: Trent Beretta vs. Jay White

Another solid Rampage

yes indeed

# ¿ Feb 19, 2022 04:29

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Kevino07 posted:

WMOTYC - Roman Reigns (c) vs Goldberg for the WWE Universal Championship, WWE Elimination Chamber, 02/19
lol

lol

# ¿ Feb 20, 2022 04:14

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Punch McLightning posted:

HM: Bryan Danielson vs. Daniel Garcia, Dynamite 2/23

Can't believe I'm disappointed by a four star match, but this was drat good.

i thought moriarty v bryd was better but still nth

# ¿ Feb 24, 2022 04:08

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HM: Orange Cassidy vs. Anthony Bowens - AEW Rampage - 2/25/22

# ¿ Feb 26, 2022 05:01

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# ¿ May 22, 2024 04:11

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CopywrightMMXI posted:

HM: Lance Archer vs Fuego del Sol - AEW Dark Elevation, 2/28/2022

and

HM: Alan Angels v. Frankie Kazarian - AEW Dark Elevation, 2/28/2022
HM: Dark Order v. Chaos Project - AEW Dark Elevation, 2/28/2022

an excellent elevation

# ¿ Mar 1, 2022 07:21

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